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A Study Comparing Digital and Conventional Dental Impressions in Children

Comparative evaluation of digital and conventional impression methods in pediatric patients: A randomized crossover trial - NIL

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/07/091357
Enrollment
40
Registered
2025-07-22
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-18

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Digital Impression: The digital impression will be made with the intraoral optical scanner (dfine intraorla scanner, Dentcare Lab, Kerala, India) following the procedure reported by th

Sponsors

Dr Saumya Jose
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. A healthy child with no significant medical history 2. Child aged 7-14 years 3. Patients with fully erupted maxillary permanent first molars and presence of maxillary canines which are caries free, not restored and without any anomalies. 4. Patients with no previous experience with digital intraoral scan or alginate impression technique 5. Patients in need of treatment with removable orthodontic appliances 6. Patients in need of dental treatment, excluding fixed orthodontic appliance therapy 7. Children whose parents or guardians gave consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Non-compliant patients 2. Patients with syndromes or systemic diseases 3. Patients suffering from cleft lip and palate 4. Patients with fixed appliance 5. Children whose parents or guardians did not give consent

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To compare comfort between conventional and digital impression in childrenTimepoint: At baseline and at 2 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To compare physiologic response between conventional & digital impression in childrenTimepoint: 1. At baseline 2. After 2 weeks;To compare accuracy in conventional & digital impression in childrenTimepoint: 1. At baseline 2. After 2 weeks;To compare time taken for conventional & digital impression in childrenTimepoint: 1. At baseline 2. After 2 weeks;To compare preference between conventional & digital impression in childrenTimepoint: 1. At baseline 2. After 2 weeks

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr. Mebin George Mathew

Christian Dental College

rkundra4@gmail.com9855966788

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026